Teaser Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Books and a Beat.
Anyone can play along! Just do the following:
• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!
This is my choice of the day:
Speak by Louisa Hall
p. 181: These were the moments I lived for. And did you also live for them, Ruth? On that day when I asked you about your father, when you were folding my shirts like thin closets and you sighed and settled in to me, was it a sigh of contentment? Or was it a sigh of resignation?
BLURB: A young Puritan woman travels to the New World with her unwanted new husband. Alan Turing, the renowned mathematician and code breaker, writes letters to his best friend’s mother. A Jewish refugee and professor of computer science struggles to reconnect with his increasingly detached wife. An isolated and traumatized young girl exchanges messages with an intelligent software program. A former Silicon Valley Wunderkind is imprisoned for creating illegal lifelike dolls.
Louisa Hall explores how the chasm between computer and human — shrinking rapidly with today’s technological advances — echoes the gaps that exist between ordinary people. Though each speaks from a distinct place and moment in time, all five characters share the need to express themselves while simultaneously wondering if they will ever be heard, or understood.
I spotted this offering on the library shelves, taken by the cover. I opened it up, read the striking opening and was hooked. I love the juxtaposition of past, present and future around the theme of talking and why we speak. Hall beautifully handles the different voices and I am enjoying how each character’s story is unfolding.
Sounds like a story with some very interesting ideas. Glad you’re enjoying it.
I’m glad you are enjoying this one. It sounds intriguing. My teaser this week comes from the thriller Dark Road Home by Anna Carlisle. Happy reading!
My daughter loved this book and it is on my list of Summer reads. At the moment I am engrossed in the following: https://collinesblog.com/2016/07/05/teaser-tuesday-the-death-cure-by-james-dashner/
Sounds fascinating, although not my usual read. But it’s good to stretch and explore other genres….lol. Thanks for sharing, and here’s mine: “MUST LOVE DOGS: NEW LEASH ON LIFE”
Thank you for visiting! It is more an exploration on our need to communicate using the drive to produce a talking computer. I’m loving it.
Both the teaser and the blurb sound really intriguing! I hope you will keep enjoying it.
Happy reading! Here’s my teaser of Cascadia by H.W. “Buzz” Bernard.
This sounds fascinating! I hope you are enjoying it, Sarah.
Yes, thank you:). It’s a really interesting read.
Hmm, this does sound interesting. From the blurb it looks as if there is a wide range of experiences here to explore, and I’m curious. From the Puritan thing to near future tech? Glad it’s a good read!
Yes – it’s in multiple viewpoints and out of time – typical fractured narratives, which I have a very soft spot for…
It sounds a really fascinating read. 😊
You were right about yours being quite different than my fluffy Christmay chick lit! I’m a huge Turing freak, though, so I’ll probably pick it up at some point just for that 🙂
Alan Turing? The man was an absolute genius! I need to put my hands on this book – thanks for sharing! 🙂
I’m really enjoying this one – it’s certainly very different from anything else I’ve read in a while.
This book really sounds interesting…fascinating, really. I would definitely like to see where it takes you. The synopsis brings to mind The Beautiful Bureaucrat with the computer/human connection.
I haven’t read that one – though it sounds like something I’d really like – thank you for the recommendation.
Oooh, the blurb looks really interesting. I’ll be looking forward to your review.